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Silicon Valley [DVD]
Title:
Silicon Valley [DVD]
JLCTITLE245:
[DVD] / American Experience Films presents ; a Film Posse production for American Experience ; produced by Randall MacLowry and Tracy Heather Strain ; telescript by Randall MacLowry and Michelle Ferrari ; directed and edited by Randall MacLowry ; WGBH.
Publication Information:
[Arlington, VA] : PBS Distribution, [2013]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781608838363
General Note:
Originally broadcast as an episode of American Experience in 2013.
Abstract:
Led by physicist Robert Noyce, Fairchild Semiconductor began as a start-up company whose radical innovations would help make the United States a leader in both space exploration and the personal computer revolution, changing the way the world works, plays, and communicates. Noyce's invention of the microchip ultimately re-shaped the future, launching the world into the Information Age.
Reading Level:
Not rated.
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Added Uniform Title:
American experience (Television program)
Restrictions on Access:
Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.
Variant Title:
Subtitle from container and disc menu: Where the future was born
Contents:
The birth of Silicon Valley -- Shockley Semiconductor -- The traitorous eight -- The space race -- Mass producing a reliable product -- The integrated circuit -- Fairchild increase competition -- Fairchildren splinters -- Intel and the microprocessor.
Credits:
Director of photography, Jon Else ; music, John Kusiak, P. Andrew Willis ; story by Randall MacLowry.
Performer:
Narrator, Michael Murphy.
Technical Details:
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen; 5.1 surround.
Language:
In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).